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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 26, 2022
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2020
Aktiebolaget Skf, Gothenburg, SE;
Xavier Blanchard, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, FR;
Guillaume Jouanno, Tours, FR;
Bruno Montboeuf, Saint-Cyr-sur-Loire, FR;
Desire Vidot, Ballan-Miré, FR;
Aktiebolaget SKF, Gothenburg, SE;
Abstract
A suspension thrust bearing device for use with a suspension spring in an automotive suspension strut of a vehicle. The device includes a bearing having upper and lower annular bearing members in relative rotation, the lower annular bearing member, and a damping element. An axial stiffening insert in a hub of lower annular bearing member provides a lower end curved towards the interior of the device. Lower annular bearing member has at least one slender groove opening radially outwards and having a bottom end opening axially downwards, the damping element providing a portion fitted within the slender groove.